INDEX. 



530 



days and nights, 92 ; cold winds, 

 98 ; pleasant life in, 101 

 Tunal (prickly pear), 463 



Unction used in Mexico, 364 



Vcrmillion, 214, 216 



Victoria, ship which has encompassed 



the earth, 4 



Vineyards, 267, 268; in Peru, 168 

 Virgins, convent of, in Peru, 232 ; in 



Mexico, 333 



Warfare, Mexican, 440 



Whale fishing, 149 



Winds, ciiu.su of temperate climate in 



the tropics, 98 ; land and 8ea 

 breezes, 100, 126 ; their properties 

 and causes, 105 ; in Peru, 111 ; 

 trade winds, 113, 115; names of 

 winds, 118, 119; cause of trade 

 winds, 121 ; cause of westerly winds 

 outside the tropics, 124 ; rain-bear 

 ing winds, 127 



Yguanas, 283 



Zarephath, supposed to be Spain, 43 

 Zones. (See tropics), 25 ; southern, 

 28 ; burning, 72 (see equinoctial) ; 

 held to be uninhabitable, 74 ; burn 

 ing zone very moist, 75 (Sec Arctic, 

 Antarctic). 



NAMES OF PLACES IN PERU MENTIONED BY ACOSTA. 



(G denotes places also mentioned by Garcilasso de la Vega.) 



Acoria, 216. Village, a native of which, 

 named Nauincopa, discovered a 

 quicksilver mine in Huancavelica. 

 Acoria is now a district in the de 

 partment of Huancavelica, with a 

 small village of 646 inhabitants. 



Amazons, great river of, 82. 



Andahuaylas, 165, 430. A town, capi 

 tal of the province of the same 

 name, on the road from Ayacucho 

 to Cu/co; in 13 36 54&quot; S. Int. It 

 i.s situated in a long fertile valley, 

 enjoying a temperate climate, and 

 surrounded by mountains, &amp;lt;;. 



Angoango, 180 (Ancu-ancu). A hamlet 

 in the parish of Achacache, on the 

 east side of lake Titicaca. 



Anti-suyu, 414. The eastern division 

 of the Empire of the Yucas. o. 



Apurimac, 151. A great river which, 

 with its tributaries, drains the moun 

 tainous country round Cuzco, and 

 eventually falls into the Ucayali. o. 



Araucanos, 170, 410, 427, 530. The 

 independent Indiana in the south 

 of Chile. (;. 



Arena, 168. A mountain near Lima 



Arequipa, 151, 161, 166, 167, 173. 

 Capital of the department of the 

 same name, in 16 24 28&quot; S. lat., 

 in a fertile valley cat the foot of the 

 volcano of Misti. Arequipa was 

 founded by order of Pizarro, in 

 1540. &amp;lt;;. 



Arica, 5 , 2 IS. A seaport of Peru. 



It has been several times destroyed 

 by earthquakes, o. 



Atico, 167. On the coast, between 

 Yea and Arequipa. Occasional rain 

 there. &amp;lt;;. 



Callao, 95. The port of Lima, in 

 12 4 15&quot;S. lat. 



Canaris, 428, 532. A powerful tribe 

 in the kingdom of Quito, o. 

 iK-te, 150. A town on the coast, 

 south of Lima, in a plain covered 

 with sugar cane. It was founded by 

 the Viceroy Marquis of Cam-to. (;. 



Capac-hica, 290. The weavers of 

 ccompi lived in this province, on 

 the shores of lake Titicaca. The 

 promontory of Capachica forms a 

 bay in the north-west end of the 

 lake, 15o 44 28&quot; S. lat. 



Caravaya, 39, 192. A province of the 

 department of Puno, on the eastern 

 side of the Andes. Its forests are 

 watered by streams famous for 

 their gold washings. G. 



Cavanas, 131. Corruption of Cahuana. 

 Several places of this name. One 

 near Huamachuco, another in An- 

 cachs, another near Lucanas, an 

 other in the department of Puno. 



Caxamarca, 432, 434, 435. Corruption 

 of ccasa, ice ; and rnarca, a town. 

 In a large plain, at the foot of the 

 eastern Andes, in 7 9 31&quot; S. lat. 

 Here the Ynca Atahualpa was ar 

 rested, and put to death byPizarro. o. 



